impersonalis

Latin

From in- (“not”) +‎ persōnālis (“personal”).

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.per.soˈna.lis/, [impersoˈnäːlis]

impersōnālis (neuter impersōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

(Late Latin and after, grammar) impersonal
- 4th c. CE, Donatus, Ars Minor :
  Verbo impersonali tempore praesenti legitur, praeterito imperfecto legebatur, praeterito perfecto lectum est uel lectum fuit, praeterito plusquamperfecto lectum erat uel lectum fuerat, futuro legetur.
  A verb in the impersonal is in the present tense legitur, in the preterite imperfect legēbātur, in the preterite perfect lēctum est or lēctum fuit, in the preterite pluperfect lēctum erat or lēctum fuerat, in the future legētur.

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	impersōnālis	impersōnāle	impersōnālēs	impersōnālia
Genitive	impersōnālis		impersōnālium
Dative	impersōnālī		impersōnālibus
Accusative	impersōnālem	impersōnāle	impersōnālēs impersōnālīs	impersōnālia
Ablative	impersōnālī		impersōnālibus
Vocative	impersōnālis	impersōnāle	impersōnālēs	impersōnālia

“impersonalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
impersonalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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